Clear text storage of sensitive Information in ENS
CVE-2021-23878

7.3HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Mcafee Llc
Status
Endpoint Security (ens) For Windows
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 February 2021

Summary

Clear text storage of sensitive Information in memory vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2021 Update allows a local user to view ENS settings and credentials via accessing process memory after the ENS administrator has performed specific actions. To exploit this, the local user has to access the relevant memory location immediately after an ENS administrator has made a configuration change through the console on their machine

Affected Version(s)

Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows 10.7.x < 10.7.0 February 2021

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.3
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Lockheed Martin Red Team
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